do the impossible

verb

To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.

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Meanings

verbdo the impossible (third-person singular simple present does the impossible, present participle doing the impossible, simple past did the impossible, past participle done the impossible)

present singular third person does the impossible · participle present doing the impossible · past did the impossible · participle past done the impossible

  1. To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.

    Reade's androgyne does the impossible by being not only the product of desire, but also the producer of desire.

    1998, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Impossible Purities, page 118
    1 more example

    What I ask is, will you use your influence within your Party? I do not ask the impossible, though I might from you, for you have done the impossible.

    2022, Inez Haynes Gillmore, The Story of the Woman's Party

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 做到別人認為不可能的事 /做到别人认为不可能的事
  • 做到別人認為不可能的事 /做到别人认为不可能的事 (zuòdào biérén rènwéi bù kěnéng de shì)Translations
Finnish tehdä mahdottomia
  • tehdä mahdottomiaTranslations
French faire l'impossible
  • faire l'impossibleTranslations
German das Unmögliche tun
  • das Unmögliche tunTranslations
Italian fare l'impossibile
  • fare l'impossibileTranslations
Polish dokonywać niemożliwego
  • dokonywać niemożliwegoTranslations
Spanish hacer lo imposible
  • hacer lo imposibleTranslations
Swedish göra det omöjliga, ta ner månen
  • göra det omöjligaTranslations
  • ta ner månenTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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